MUTATION		Initiation codon ATG->ATC
AMINO ACID REPLACEMENT		Met->Ile
TYPE OF BETA-THAL		beta°
MECHANISM		Defective mRNA translation and no beta chain production; initiation of translation likely changed to codons 21-22; termination at codons 60-61 (TGA)
IDENTIFICATION		Not reported
HEMATOLOGY IN HETEROZYGOTE(S)		Not reported
HEMATOLOGY IN HOMOZYGOTE(S)		Not reported
OCCURRENCE		In a Japanese family
HAPLOTYPE		Not reported
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH ABNORMAL HB(S)		Not reported
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH BETA-THAL ALLELE(S)		Not reported
OTHER INFORMATION		None

REFERENCES
1.		Ohba, Y., Hattori, Y., Harano, T., Harano, K., Fukumaki, Y., Ideguchi, H., Cho, H.I., and Park, S.S.: Hemoglobin, 21:191, 1997.

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This material is from the book A Syllabus of Thalassemia Mutations (1997) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Erol Baysal, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1997 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Author.